Demountable vehicle-rim.



D. B. RICHARDSON.

DEMOUNTABLE VEHICLE RIM.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7 1013 1 1;, 11 5,867. Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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- Specification ofl Ietters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3,1914.

. a lication Mancunian-1,1313. Serial a. 799,757. To all Be itimimifim -1[Davnmo1rr B. RICH- ARDSON, a citizen of the United states, residing at the cityof Mexico, 'exico', have invented certain new and useful Improvements in :Demoun'table Vehicle-Rims, of whichthe' "following, is a specification .rTiiisi-ilivcn'tion relates to vehicle wheels.

"'lfhe ..-object of the invention-is to simplify the""- 1 nanner of securing demountable rims tovehicIe wheels in such way as to eliminate the employment of a number of bolts and looseparts such as are required inassembling the parts of a vehicle wheel under present procedures. v With the above and other objects in view, aswill appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a rim securing means for vehicle wheels, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

' In the accompanying drawing forming a part of'this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation ofjan automobile'wheel equipped with the improvements of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the shoe rim and felly of the wheeL- Fig.

3 is an enlarged detail perspective view of aportion of the shoe, rim and felly. .Fig.

4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4%, Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of. the arrow thereof.

Referring to the drawing, S designates the ordinary shoe, such as is commonly employed on automobile wheels, 1 the rim, 2 a

.the felly and 3 the spokes.

While not herein shown, it is to be understood that an inner tube is to be employed in connection with the shoe, and as' this will be read y understood, detailed illustration thereof is omitted.

The feature of the present invention whfizh imparts novelty thereto is the fact that the rim moves in a direction parallel to that in which the wheel moves, or at right angles to the cross section of the felly, the means employed for assembling the rim with the felly causing the former to be i 'moved laterally when assembled with the latter.

The folly and, mm -may be of ordinary construction, and differ therefrom only 1n the fact that the felly is provided with any desired number of keepers 4, each of which sixth one 8 is provided with a threaded terminal that projects through the keeper.

and carries a nut 9.

keepers ,that receive latches 6 are of such contour that when the nut 9v is tightened or movement will be imparted to the rim, which will cause it to be' moved into locked The openings in the engagement with spaced clips 10 secured to.

the rim either directly opposite to or in staggered relations with the keepers 4:.

In assembling the rim with the folly, the shoe and inner tube are positioned as usual, and the rim is then positioned upon the felly with the latches disposed some distance from the keepers; Upon a slight turning motion being imparted to the rim, the latches will be caused to enter the keepers, and the nut 9 1s now positioned and turned to its seat, and during this operation, the wedge faces of the latches 6 will ride against the Walls of the orifices in the keepers, and thus force the rim to one side and to cause it to interlock with the clips 10. thereby securely assembling the rim with the felly. When it is desired to remove the rim, it will only be necessary to deflate the tire, if the same .is not already deflated, remove the single nut 9, and turn the rim a sufiicient distance to clear the latches from the keepers whereby the rim and tire may readily be removed from the felly.

It will be seen from the foregoing description, that by the method of assemblingthe rim with the felly, it will only be necessary to employ a monkey wrench instead of the various instruments in common use, so that any person of ordinary mechanical skill can easily assemble the tire with the wheel. I

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a felly provided on one side with clips, and on the other side with keepers each having a plate secured to the felly, and an orifice to receive a latch, and

a rim carrying a plurality of wedge-shaped latches fitting said orifices, and one threaded In this instance six v the wedge-shaped seated, 'a lateral latch, said rim being movable iiireetioii at right angles to the eross-seetien of telly to secure the latches, and. e nut on sad 3. The combination with a siieei feliy other side, with keepezs, 88.611

provides on one side with eii an orifice, ofa, demoun'tebie Tim carrying a plurality of wedge-shaped fittingsaid orifices, said rim being movable circum ferentially on the periphery of the felly to seat the latches, and means for securing said latchesv in their seated positions.

in testimony whereof I'hereunto afiix my signature in-presenoe of two witnesses.

DAVENPORT RICHARDSON.

Witnesses;

JoHN ALLAN Hess, W. AREoT. 

